baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2532784-A (GB)
Title: Reduction furnace method and apparatus
Inventor: DONALD HUGH D'ARCY-EVANS
IPC: C22B26/00
Filed: 2014-11-28
Abstract: A first method of producing a metal comprises forming briquettes from a mixture of calcined metal oxide and a reductant, the briquettes are then placed in the furnace where the oxide is reduced by the reductant. Between briquetting and placement in the furnace the briquettes are maintained in a carbon dioxide free atmosphere. In a second method producing metal by reduction plural reduction furnaces are operated with each furnace having a heating stage, a cooking stage where metal is extracted and a cooling stage. Heat extracted from a first furnace in the cooling stage is used to heat a second furnace in the heating stage. This is done by passing a cooling gas through the first furnace, using a heat exchanger to heat a heating gas and passing this heating gas through the second furnace. The methods are used to extract alkali metals and alkaline earth metals such as magnesium.
Patent GB-2534895-A (GB)
Title: A bearing arrangement for an electric motor or generator
Inventor: GARETH ROBERTS
IPC: H02K7/18
Filed: 2015-02-04
Abstract: A bearing arrangement for mounting a wheel and an electric motor or generator (figs 1, 2 not shown) to a vehicle, comprises a sealing element 600 and a bearing block, the bearing block including a first coupling element 300 for coupling to a radial wall of the rotor240 and the wheel 1100 (fig 11a not shown), and a second coupling element 310 for coupling to the stator 253 and/or the vehicle, bearings being mounted between elements 300,301 to allow relative rotation. The first coupling element 300 includes a mounting flange having though bolt holes arranged to extend through the mounting flange for receiving bolts 1110 (fig 11a not shown), coupling the rotor and the wheel to the first coupling element, wherein sealing elements 600 are arranged to be mounted over the other ends of the bolt hole for inhibiting the ingress of dirt through the bolt hole into the rotor/stator space. The seal has a locating element 630 formed thereon and individual seal elements 600 are interconnected by sprues 620. A sealing compound is placed between the sealing element and the mounting flange.
Patent GB-2522348-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic exoskeletal orthosis
Inventor: BLANCK RYAN
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2013-02-28
Abstract: An exoskeletal orthosis bolt mechanism 400 for bolting 405 dual posterior struts (130, Fig 3) between an ankle section or footplate (140) and a rear portion of a proximal cuff (110) comprises two opposing discs 415,420 having reciprocal curved surfaces that face and receive the dual posterior struts. At least one angled wedge 425 is positioned between an opposing disc 415,420 and a threaded laminate plate 430 on a surface of the ankle section/footplate, thereby allowing clamping of the dual posterior struts at different angles and allowing for anteroposterior lengthwise or mediolateral crosswise alignment changes. The angled wedge may have a 1-8 degree rise or incline.
Patent GB-2536462-A (GB)
Title: Cabinet guttering system
Inventor: CLIFFORD ALAN REES
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 2015-03-18
Abstract: The invention relates to a protective cabinet for protecting appliances, such as televisions, radiators and heaters. The cabinet includes means for preventing the appliance from coming into contact with a liquid that is spilled over the cabinet. The cabinet comprises a frame and a drainage system 200 i.e. guttering, that includes a liquid collection tray 205 and at least one drain pipe 215 for draining away liquid from the tray 205. The guttering system 200 is integrated in the frame and preferably the tray is located directly below a ventilation region 115 that is provided in an upper face 105a of the frame. The tray 205 is vertically offset from the frame upper face so that air may flow past the tray 205 and exit the cabinet via the frame ventilation region 115. Embodiments advantageously protect an appliance and the interior of the cabinet from contact with a liquid that is spilled over the cabinet without compromising heat dissipation from the appliance.
Patent GB-2536641-A (GB)
Title: Thermoplastic elastomer composition and a process for its production
Inventor: DAVID YOUNG
IPC: C08L51/00
Filed: 2015-03-23
Abstract: An elastomer composition comprising a polyolefin; crumb rubber; a peroxide; and a polyolefin grafted maleic anhydride. A method of forming the composition comprises mixing the components and heating to above the melting point of the polyolefin. Preferred components are polypropylene, crumb rubber derived from tyre waste, polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride and dicumyl peroxide.
Patent GB-2525097-A (GB)
Title: Method of treating a material
Inventor: MICHELSEN ERIK
IPC: F26B17/18
Filed: 2015-04-13
Abstract: A method of treating a material to recover an oil from a material, such as drill cuttings, comprises heating the material to evaporate the oil, removing gas phase fluids from the material, and separating the oil from the gas phase fluids. Hot vapour is mixed with the material. The material being treated in the chamber(s) 1 is heated by friction within the chamber(s) 1 generated by a rotating shaft 5 and rotors or flails 15. The thermal energy generated within the chamber is not consumed in changing the phase of large quantities of liquids in the material, and more of the energy generated is available to heat up the material and evaporates the oil fractions from the solids. The hot vapour may comprise steam, and can be generated in the vapor generator 20. The shaft 5 may be heated. Condenser apparatus 30 may be provided to aid separation.
Patent GB-2539201-A (GB)
Title: Sheet material
Inventor: TIMOTHY JAMES FIELDER
IPC: E04H4/10
Filed: 2015-06-08
Abstract: Sheet material which selectively transmits electromagnetic radiation, passing radiation in the near-infrared region but transmitting substantially less radiation in the visible and mid-infrared regions to either side. The sheet material may comprise a polymer which may be polyethylene, preferably LDPE and one or more first and second additives may be used to block the visible and mid-infrared radiation. The first additive may be inorganic particles, preferably glass microspheres, the second additive may be a pigment. The sheet material may comprise first 14 and second 16 layers with the first and second additives provided in different layers. The second layer 16 may incorporate air bubbles 18. Also provided are claims to a cover 12 for the surface of a body of liquid comprising such a sheet material.
Patent GB-2544714-A (GB)
Title: A load distribution device
Inventor: DENNIS REDMOND
IPC: F16H57/00
Filed: 2015-08-25
Abstract: A device 10 for transmitting a motive force from a prime mover to two transfer shafts includes an input shaft 12 having a longitudinal axis, a load transfer member 18 which engages the input shaft and rotates around an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the input shaft and first and second input shaft gears 14, 16 associated with the input shaft. The device further includes a first transfer shaft having a first transfer gear to engage the first input shaft gear and a second transfer shaft having a second transfer gear to engage the second input shaft gear. The first and second input shaft gears engage the load transfer member at different locations thereon, for transmitting the motive force from the input shaft to the first and second transfer shafts. The load transfer members (fig. 3) may be mounted on the input shaft via radial protrusions 24 and each member may comprise first and second loading regions 26, 28 cooperating with contact pads (36 fig. 7) on each input shaft gear.
Patent GB-2550858-A (GB)
Title: A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for video object segmentation
Inventor: TINGHUAI WANG
IPC: G06T7/174
Filed: 2016-05-26
Abstract: Region proposals (e.g. corresponding to various objects) are extracted (610) from a media (e.g. video) content, and a set of proposals corresponding to an object in the media are selected (620). Objects of interest are identified (630), and an object-specific representation is determined (640) by an iterative tracking method. Positive examples are sampled (650) from the set of tracked region proposal groups obtained from the iterative tracking method, and object segmentation is performed (650). The iterative tracking may comprise forming a pool of candidates by taking region proposals from a plurality of frames and selecting a proposal on the earliest frame, tracking the selected region until the last frame, choosing all the region proposals overlapping with the tracked region to form a group to be removed from the pool, and repeating the steps until the pool is empty.
Patent GB-2541977-A (GB)
Title: Hybrid finite impulse response filter
Inventor: JEFFREY D ALDERSON
IPC: H03H21/00
Filed: 2015-07-21
Abstract: A hybrid FIR (finite impulse response) filter 60A comprises parallel analogue and digital filter portions 64A and 66A. The filter consumes less power and has lower latency than a conventional FIR filter, and may be used as one or more of the filters (32, 34A, 34B, 44, figure 3) in an ambient noise cancellation system. The filter may be adaptive. To perform latency matching between the filter portions, a delay element 74 may be inserted such that the total delay through the ADC 80, the delay element 74, and the DAC 82 matches the total delay of all of the delay stages 62C in the first filter portion.
Patent GB-2543387-A (GB)
Title: Process control alarm auditing
Inventor: KIM ORDEAN VAN CAMP
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2016-08-17
Abstract: Audit report generation for alarms generated at components of a process control system. Audit is carried out by identifying components of the system that correspond to alarms to be audited, generating a query associated with the audit report request which will request the status of the particular one of the alarms from the corresponding component only if there is no such query already in the queue of requested updates, otherwise associating the audit report request to the existing query, transmitting the queued queries via a system bus to the relevant components only when the components are available, the queries being designated as low priority, then generating an audit report based on the responses received from the components. The components may be field devices such as device controllers, valves, valve positioners, switches or sensors that generate alarm signals if operating outside of an approved range. Identification of components relevant to an audit may be via identifiers found in a system engineering database.
Patent GB-2546620-A (GB)
Title: Improved insulated fire panel shutter
Inventor: LOK YUNG WONG
IPC: E06B9/06
Filed: 2015-06-26
Abstract: Fire can spread extremely quickly within structures. To prevent this, fire doors or fire shutters are usually installed. However, security aspects of such doors or shutters are not renown. An attempt to alleviate this problem may be provided by an insulated fire panel shutter including a guide, adapted to receive a shutter and having one or more retractable members moveable between a retracted and extended position; a shutter, moveable between an open and closed position and formed from a plurality of panels each of which is moveable between a stowed and deployed position; their arrangement being such that as the guide receives the shutter during shutter closure, the panel arrangement alters from a stowed side by side relationship to a deployed stacked end to end relationship.
Patent GB-2548231-A (GB)
Title: Press forming method and plate material expansion device used in said method
Inventor: KEIICHIRO NAKAO
IPC: B21D22/22
Filed: 2015-08-20
Abstract: Provided are a press forming method capable of improving material yield while avoiding the risk of dimensional error increase at product forming sections in blank material when carrying out press forming, and a plate material expansion device used in this method. (A) An end side of plate material (1) for press forming is restricted by blank holding rollers (210a, 210b, 210c, 210d), and pressure is applied to a middle location in the part that is restricted by a pressure roller (210p). (B) In this state, the plate material (1) is transported in a rotating direction of the rollers being driven to continuously bend and extend the section receiving pressure. (C) This bent and extended section is flattened with a flattening roller to obtain blank material wherein an end part (WE) is expanded.
Patent GB-2545847-A (GB)
Title: Makeup water supply valve of boiler having air gap forming means
Inventor: SEONG BONG CHOI
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 2015-09-16
Abstract: According to the present invention, a makeup water supply valve of a boiler having an air gap forming means supplies makeup water to a heating water pipe by means of a simple operation of rotating an operation knob, and an air gap is automatically formed in the makeup water supply valve when the supplying of the makeup water is completed. Since the heating water pipe and a direct water pipe are maintained in a completely separated state by means of the air gap formed in the makeup water supply valve, the heating water flowing backward can be essentially prevented from flowing into the direct water pipe even if the heating water leaks and flows backward from the heating water pipe. In addition, a drain valve for discharging the heating water during the repair or replacement of the boiler is integrally formed at the makeup water supply valve of the present invention, thereby reducing an effort of separately providing the drain valve, and reducing costs.
Patent GB-2562090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to well abandonment and slot recovery
Inventor: ALAN FAIRWEATHER
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: A method and apparatus for single-trip casing cutting and pulling for well abandonment is described. Packers 26 are set in the casing 12 and a casing plug 36 is also provided. Perforations 28 are made in the casing 12 at a maximum depth using a punch tool 18 and fluid circulated through the perforations 28 to determine a return at surface. In the event of a return at surface being detected, the casing 12 is cut and pulled. When no return is detected, perforations are made at increasingly shallower depths until a return is detected and the casing 12. A vibratory action is then used to assist in pulling the length of casing from the well. The apparatus includes a string comprising a punch tool 18, a cutting tool 20, a packer 26, a casing spear 22 and an agitator 24.
Patent GB-2563830-A (GB)
Title: Method for controlling combustion in engines
Inventor: EIKE JOACHIM SIXEL
IPC: F02D41/04
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: A method for controlling combustion of fuel, eg diesel fuel of varying quality, in an engine comprises estimating (202) a quality, eg ignitability or cetane number, of the fuel based on one or more engine parameters, varying (204) the amount of the fuel injected into the engine based on the quality of the fuel varying from a desired quality value, eg decreasing the amount of fuel in response to fuel quality exceeding the desired value, and modifying (206) the pressure of intake air for combustion based on the varied amount of the fuel, eg decreasing the air pressure based on a decreased amount of fuel. The engine parameters may include pressure in a combustion chamber, misfire, ignition delay, exhaust gas temperature, or duration of combustion, eg an increase in duration of combustion indicating a decrease in fuel quality and a decrease in duration indicating an increase in fuel quality. Changes in NOx discharge may be estimated upon varying the amount of fuel, and the air pressure may be varied according to the change in NOx.
Patent GB-2555930-A (GB)
Title: Ozone generator system
Inventor: BAMDAD BAHAR
IPC: F25D17/04
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: An ozone (O3) generator system 10 that utilizes an electrochemical cell 12 to produce and control ozone concentrations within an enclosure or to supply ozone to a flow conduit is described. The enclosure 50 may be coupled with a flow conduit that carries the produced ozone to a desired location. The enclosure 50 may also be a sterilization chamber, and the concentration of ozone produced by the ozone generating system can sterilize articles within the enclosure. An oxygen control electrolyser cell (Figure 2, 16) and/or humidity control electrolyzer cell may be coupled with the enclosure to further control the environment of the enclosure. A humidity control electrolyzer cell may be fluidly coupled with the ozone generator to supply humidity for reaction on the anode of the ozone generator a humidity sensor 83 may also be provided . The ozone generator comprises an electrochemical cell 12 with a control system (Figure 4, 81) where the cell 12 may comprise an anode 20 and cathode 40 separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) 32 or membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The system 10 can also include a fan to force a flow of air over the anode. Multiple cells (Figure 5) may be provided in the system 10.
Patent GB-2555009-A (GB)
Title: Capacitors in grooves
Inventor: ALEXANDER JOHN TOPPING
IPC: H02S40/38
Filed: 2017-10-06
Abstract: An energy storage device 110 including a substrate 112 with a series of grooves 114, each groove having a first face 116a and second face 116b, wherein there is a capacitor material 199 in each groove. The grooves may be in one layer and the second face of a first groove may be in electrical communication with a first face of a second groove. The capacitor material may be a supercapacitor material. The device may also be an optoelectronic device and a solar photovoltaic cell. The first face of each groove may have a conductor material coat 118 and the second face of each groove may have a semiconductor material coat 120. The semiconductor and conductor material may be in contact with another semiconductor material 122 in each groove. There may be an aperture 126 in the another semiconductor. There may be a first and second series of grooves with a channel therebetween.
Patent GB-2560099-A (GB)
Title: Mesh communication network and associated configuration process and computer program product
Inventor: PIERRE COUSTAL
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2018-01-09
Abstract: A mesh communication network comprises at least three nodes provided with at least two output ports (38) each connected to another node (N2, N6, N7) by a communication link. Each node (N1) includes a routing module (50) and a transmission module (60) for each output port. The transmission module comprises a buffer memory (66) able to receive messages coming from the routing module, and a sequencing unit (62) for the transmission, on the corresponding output port, of the messages received by the buffer memories. Eachsequencing unit is configured to transmit, on the corresponding output port, the messages received by the buffer memories as a function of a sequence of time intervals, each time interval of the sequence being dedicated to the transmission of a message coming from a given sending node, which is a function of a throughput necessary on the communication link connected to the output port for the circulation of all of the messages coming from the sending node.
Patent GB-2571283-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing sound
Inventor: ROBERT CLIFFORD POOLEY
IPC: H04R17/00
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: The invention provides a fluid pump configured to pass fluid from a first fluid port (25, Fig. 2) through a second fluid port 7 via a cavity. A gate 19 that is actuated by piezoelectric means 17 is configured to selectively obstruct passage of fluid through the second fluid port 7. In this way, sound may he produced by modulating- a stream of fluid, in a similar manner to the way the human voice is produced. The piezoelectric actuator may comprise a cantilever having a rectangular (Fig. 7) or tapered (Fig. 6) shape. The apparatus may comprise a fluid node arranged to reduce a pressure differential outside the cavity and adjacent to the second fluid port. A feedback mechanism may regulate movement of the gate. The apparatus may be arranged in an array of like apparatuses, the respective second fluid ports of the apparatuses being arranged adjacent to one another.
Patent GB-2556808-A (GB)
Title: Digital currency and a system and method for transferring value using the digital currency
Inventor: STEVEN ROSAMILIA
IPC: G06Q20/36
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: A digital currency whose value is tied to a fiat currency or other thing of value is created in a participant's member account by the participant depositing a fiat currency or other thing of value in a common trust account maintained by a financial institution, and in which a plurality of participants make such deposits. A central authority maintains member accounts for the participants and credits to a participant's member account an international monetary unit ("IMU") which reflects the value of each deposit that participant makes into the common deposit account. The value of a participant's IMU or IMUs is thus determined by the amount which the participant deposits in the trust account. The IMUs may be transferred between participants and the transferred IMU may be denominated in selected sovereign currencies. Alternatively, a transferee participant may redeem an IMU for value, e.g., for a fiat currency, in which case the IMU is retired.
Patent GB-2573743-A (GB)
Title: Electronic tracing paper overlay which extracts the entire under layer of information forming a researcher's Electronic Book
Inventor: SUSAN GRANTON
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2018-04-16
Abstract: The electronic display overlay behaves as electronic tracing paper which can extract the entire under layer of information scanned by the electronic overlay. The information may be retained in its entirety or segments which can be extracted. The device may be used as a notebook and can be used to scan text images.
Patent GB-2575007-A (GB)
Title: Landscape article
Inventor: DAVID OLIVER
IPC: F21K2/00
Filed: 2018-05-03
Abstract: The blank 100 comprises a moulded recess 102 operable to contain a liquid.composition. The liquid composition may be a phosphorescent material. The bottom face 104 of the recess may be flat. The side walls of the recess may be sloped. The external side walls of the blank may be sloped. The blank may be precast. The concrete used to form the blank may comprise a plasticiser or superplasticiser, and an aqueous mould release agent comprising vegetable oils. The blank may be an edging article, a step stone, a paver, or a marker disc for installation in hot tarmac. Also claimed is a method of producing the blank comprising arranging a concrete composition into a mould, compacting the concrete in the mould, curing the concrete in the mould to form the blank, and stripping the mould from the blank. The method may be a wet casting or dry casting method and comprise using a hydraulic press or block paving machine. Also claimed is a method of producing a landscape article comprising arranging a composition comprising a phosphorescent agent into the recess of the blank, and curing the composition in the recess.
Patent GB-2564066-A (GB)
Title: Protective packaging product
Inventor: SAM BODEX
IPC: B32B29/00
Filed: 2018-02-20
Abstract: The protective packaging product includes superimposed upper and lower honeycomb layers 1 and 2 extending between a pair of flexible side members 3 and 4. Each honeycomb layer is formed of flexible paper strips arranged face-to-face and bonded to each other at a series of spaced attachment locations. The honeycomb layers are expandable to form an array of hexagonal cells which are open at both ends. An item such as a surfboard can be inserted between the layers 1 and 2 so that the layers and the flexible side members conform to the shape of the surfboard and protect it against impact damage.